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Paul A. Smith
 
14,382 votes
56.7%
- Party: Republican
 - Occupation: Small Business Owner
 - Talk Radio host
 - Guest Lecturer at Los Rios Community College
 - Writer for Hogue News in Sacramento
 - Performed at Carnegie Hall
 - Reading tutor at Jonas Salk Elementary
 - Ran in 2008
  
Priorities:
- Stop deficit spending
 - Become energy independant
 - Adhere to the Constitution
  
Erik Smitt
 
11,002 votes
43.3%
- Party: Republican
 - Occupation: Engineer/Manufacturer/Businessman
 - 35 years manufacturing consumer products in the USA
 - Registered Professional Engineer, CA
 - Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
  
Priorities:
- Jobs ... jobs ... and jobs
 - Fiscal Responsibility
 - Change the Government
  
  
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